Chapter 4

Flora and Maria--Their adventures--Trial--Meet Eulogius in prison--Their execution--Other martyrs--Hidden Christians--Aurelius, Sabigotha, etc--Plan for procuring martyrdom--Miracle in prison--Execution--Other martyrs--Death of Abdurrahman II.--Mohammed I.--Martyrs--Prodigy upon their execution--Outrage in a mosque--Punishment of offenders--Apprehension of king--Meditates a persecution--Even a massacre--Series of martyrdoms--Cloister of Tabanos suppressed--Columba, Pomposa--Abundius a true martyr--Others martyred--Censor of Cordova--Persecution and death of Ruderic--Eulogius--Parentage and antecedents--Opposes amalgamation of Arabs and Christians--Encourages learning of Latin--Imprisonment--Elected Bishop of Toledo--Again imprisoned--Trial--Execution--His relics 40-54